Chapter 1193: Apology (Thanks to the reward from the book friend "Chun Ting")
When County Magistrate Fu went out, he heard voices coming from the next room. The door could not block out Fu Wenhua's loud voice.
He was complaining to Mrs. Fu, "Mother, you don't know how despicable that old hag from the Yue family is. When I left, she was still leaning against the door, ruining our family's reputation."
Mrs. Fu had just listened to Nanny Fu and Chuncao's account of the dangerous situation on the day of childbirth. Her face and neck were red with anger. Hearing her son say that, she became even more angry. "Fortunately, your father is now on the same level as him. Even if the officials from other places are inferior to those in Beijing, we are not afraid of him!"
"Yes, at worst I can just take my second sister home and bring my nephew along. Humph, let's see if they dare to bully my second sister again."
"That won't do. If your second sister goes back to Jianzhou, she will be embarrassed. We have to resolve this matter in the capital. Otherwise, I would rather rent a house in the capital and take care of your sister for a year or two. I don't believe they are willing to not look after this grandson."
"Yes, then I will go to Yue Lan every day and beat him up three times a day. Let's see if he still dares to bully my sister."
Mrs. Fu said, "Don't hit him too hard, or your sister will have to worry about him in the future."
"I know. I want to hurt you, not cripple you."
County Magistrate Fu, who was listening outside the door, felt even more pain in his heart. He didn't think much of it before, but after hearing his daughter's words, he felt that he had made a mistake when he heard it again.
It would be great if this daughter and son were the opposite of each other.
County Magistrate Fu walked away rubbing his chest.
After Madam Fu and her son denounced the Yue family, she said to Madam Fu, "This time, we are all grateful to the young lady from the Zhou family. Did Second Madam prepare a generous gift in return?"
"No," Nanny Fu lowered her head and said, "The young lady didn't even pay the consultation fee."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Fu knew that her daughter treated Zhou Man very well, or rather, that their friendship was so deep that money was not enough to measure it. She sighed and said, "Forget it, she can calculate her share later. We will prepare a generous gift for her."
Nanny Fu smiled and said, "Madam, why should you worry about this? When we were in Jianzhou, we received two letters from her every month. She was closer to you than to Madam and your uncle's family. I don't think Miss Man is someone who cares about these empty formalities."
Mrs. Fu glanced at the already sleeping child and gently placed him in the cradle. "Although I don't care, etiquette cannot be abandoned. My master and I can't stay in the capital for too long. Second Mother will have no one to rely on in the capital in the future. It would be better for her to get closer to her friends so that they can take care of her."
Fu Wenhua curled her lips and said, "Mom, didn't you dislike Second Sister and Zhou Man's friendship before? Every time she wrote to you, you were unhappy."
Mrs. Fu patted him and said, "It's a different time now, understand? Back then, I was afraid she would teach your second sister bad things. Look at your second sister, she used to be so well-behaved and obedient, but after she became friends with her, she stopped learning piano, needlework, or cooking. She just spent all day reading books and dreaming about going out to play with you. Because she wrote in a letter that the view from the tree was very unique, your sister brought a ladder to climb the tree..."
Mrs. Fu had complicated feelings when she mentioned this.
Originally, her two daughters were very well-behaved, but her son was a little naughty, so she only needed to spend a little time and effort. However, because of Zhou Man, her second daughter suddenly changed.
When her daughter was disobedient, she would pay more attention to teaching her daughter. However, before she could teach her daughter well, she made her son even more naughty.
Mrs. Fu became even busier, so she never liked Zhou Man because she felt that half of her later hard work was Zhou Man's responsibility.
But now, my daughter is alone in the capital, without any relatives around her, and her in-laws are mean. A friend, especially a capable friend, becomes very important.
Even if she can't help, her daughter will feel better if she talks to her occasionally.
So Mrs. Fu wanted to mend the relationship between the two sides. She said to Madam Fu, "Prepare more gifts. We don't need to keep the local specialties we brought from Jianzhou for the Yue family. Set aside some for Master to use in his favor, and give the rest to her."
Mrs. Fu was still somewhat relieved and said with a smile: "Fortunately, she doesn't know that I don't like her. When the baby is one month old, we can invite her to come to our house for the full moon banquet."
Fu Wenhua on the side lowered his head and said nothing.
Mrs. Fu paused, unable to resist falling silent. After a moment, she asked, "Wenhua, have you said anything nonsense to Miss Zhou since you came to Beijing?"
Fu Wenhua wanted to shake his head, but he couldn't do it under his mother's gaze.
Mrs. Fu tried to hold it in, but couldn't help it. She reached out, twisted his ear, slapped him several times, then turned around and wiped her tears to find County Magistrate Fu. She felt so wronged. Why did she give birth to such a disobedient son?
County Magistrate Fu had already returned to his room to think about how to persuade Yue Wei when he saw him tomorrow. At this moment, Mrs. Fu came in wiping her tears, and County Magistrate Fu felt a little headache.
By the way, his daughter’s problem also needs to be solved. He can’t let that old hag from the Yue family trample on his daughter and treat her like a human being, right?
Although the incident had passed and Fu Wenyun had counseled him, County Magistrate Fu was still very angry when he thought about it.
The Yue family heard about it within two hours after County Magistrate Fu and his men arrived in Beijing. After all, their servants had been waiting outside.
Yesterday, Yue Lan came to pick up Fu Wenyun in person, but he couldn't even get in the door.
Lord Yue wanted to come and pick her up himself, but he was smart and knew that it would be useless for him to go and pick her up since his daughter-in-law had left home at this time. Even if Fu Wenhua invited him in because of his status, he would definitely refuse to go home with various excuses.
This matter was obviously no longer something that a few children could resolve. He could only wait for his in-laws to come to Beijing so that he could personally apologize.
Fu Wenyun thought Yue Wei would come to her house the next day, but she didn't expect that Yue Wei would come to her house with his wife and children and carrying some things as soon as he left the yamen that day.
When County Magistrate Fu heard this, he went to his daughter's room and said to her, "Your father-in-law is more courageous than you think."
Fu Wenyun pondered for a moment and said, "Father, this is a good thing, isn't it?"
County Magistrate Fu shook his head. It might not be a good thing, because he was not sure whether Yue Wei would listen to his advice.
But he still took his wife and children to the front hall to greet them.
As soon as the two in-laws met, Yue Wei immediately stepped forward and bowed deeply before even reaching them. "Brother Ziliang, I feel ashamed to have failed to live up to your trust."
County Magistrate Fu hurried forward, grasped his hand, and helped him up. With a look of sorrow on his face, he said, "Brother Yue, you are tormenting me. Please stop."
Seeing that he wasn't angry at all, Yue Wei was unsure what he meant. He turned around, pulled his stupid son up, and kicked him in the knee, making him kneel down. "Why don't you kowtow and apologize to your father-in-law and mother-in-law? How can you treat your own wife like that?"
Yue Lan fell down with a bruised face. County Magistrate Fu stared at him for a long moment, then sighed and said, "Forget it. Let him get up. Let's go inside and talk."
Yue Wei breathed a sigh of relief and hurried into the house hand in hand with County Magistrate Fu.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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